The Doctrine of Beitar

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"Hebrew labor," which creates a new stance as a symbol of the formation of the Jewish majority. For this reason, the attraction of Jewish capital to the Land of Israel as a condition for "Hebrew labor" is also an obligation, just as the principle of "Hebrew" labor is important. These two are also synonyms.

Thirdly: if the social and spiritual conditions of the Jewish worker's life fall below a fixed standard, the Jewish worker will disappear, and in the very same measure: if the profitability of private enterprises falls below a fixed minimum, these enterprises will disappear, capital will pass over the Land of Israel, and consequently the number of Hebrew labor positions will be reduced. A "holy" obligation is therefore imposed upon us to care in equal measure for both good working conditions and for the normal profitability of the enterprises. - Again, synonyms.

As long as the building process continues, there is no doubt that more than once the question of raising or lowering wages in the private enterprises will arise. The first case we will accept with joy: would that such a thing come again; the second case - with sorrow, and if the matter is necessary for the building enterprise, we will support it with sorrow.

But the most important condition is that all arrangements of this kind come only and exclusively by way of "arbitration," and not by the two methods of class warfare that stand one against the other: by strike on the one hand and lockout on the other. But it is not possible that arbitration be realized from a private agreement between the worker and the employer: if both sides want it, they choose an arbitrator, but if they do not want it—they conduct a "class war." Arbitration, according to our concept, is "national arbitration." It must be an institution of a permanent nature, chosen by the supreme institutions of the Jewish people. Turning to national arbitration must be declared a national obligation, whereas all forms of class warfare must be declared as national treason. Regarding those who will not recognize the compulsory arbitration or who will not submit to the verdict of the arbitration institution, one must use social pressure, in a manner devoid of all pomp, up to a complete economic boycott in general: This applies in equal measure to the employers as well.